Posted on 05/07/2015 6:15:29 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
While the investigation focuses on the actions of two employees, locker room attendant Jim McNally and equipment assistant John Jastremski, the report also concludes that Tom Brady "was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities of McNally and Jastremski involving the release of air from Patriots game balls."
This is a pretty damning accusation against one of the NFL's biggest stars.
The league's evidence against Brady centers on three main points: 1) his reaction to the condition of game balls used in a Week 7 game against the New York Jets in October, 2) how he interacted with McNally and Jastremski following subsequent games, and 3) how he communicated with the two after Deflategate exploded.
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Is this because he didn’t show up at the White House?
Yep! I think so! If he went along they would probably just fine the Pats.
Who does Tom Brady think he is?? Hellary??
That’s what I think. This story had dropped under the radar until Brady declined to go kiss The Won’s scawney diseased azz.
OMG!
Is MLB using juiced balls?
Was Sosa using a corked bat?
Did George Brett really have too much pine tar on his bat?
Does Beckham “bend it” because the soccer ball is deflated?
Get a life, sports media.
You are the journalistic JV squad.
Olbermann must...well...you know.
“was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities”
Translation: Was generally aware that he disrespected the President.
I think this whole thing is funny.
Seriously. :-)
The final score was 45-7. Stop being a bunch of crybabies.
Likely... the text messages could be talking about practice balls, or inflating balls to the low end of the legal limit. It seems they also do more to confirm my suspicion, that the NFL official habitually marked the balls without really checking them.
He’d be audited for that :)
OMG!
Is MLB using juiced balls?
Was Sosa using a corked bat?
Did George Brett really have too much pine tar on his bat?
Does Beckham “bend it” because the soccer ball is deflated?
Get a life, sports media.
You are the journalistic JV squad.
Olbermann must...well...you know.
Well then, do my beloved, yet embarrassing Seahawks win Super Bowl XLIX by default?
The problem is that no punishment the NFL can make ex post facto will make a hill of beans’ worth of difference. Fine? Suspension? Loss of draft picks? Big deal, they still won the trophy and evidently broke rules to do it.
I understand that deflating footballs probably didn’t have much to do with the outcome of the AFC Championship game. But really, what punishment given after the fact will matter?
Tom Brady can’t confiscate my property, put me in jail, raise my taxes, restrict what food I eat, or tell me how to raise my kids.
So, he likes softer balls. That’s his business.
No, because they were dumb. :)
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